{"id":90927,"date":"2024-04-18T08:01:42","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T08:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/18\/macaulay-culkin-was-first-choice-to-play-eminems-stan\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T08:01:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T08:01:42","slug":"macaulay-culkin-was-first-choice-to-play-eminems-stan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/18\/macaulay-culkin-was-first-choice-to-play-eminems-stan\/","title":{"rendered":"Macaulay Culkin was first choice to play Eminem’s Stan"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Macaulay Culkin was originally cast in Eminem<\/a>‘s ‘Stan’ video.<\/p>\n

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Macaulay Culkin nearly played Stan<\/p>\n

‘Chucky’ actor Devon Sawa played the obsessive superfan in the iconic visual, but he admitted he wasn’t the first choice for the role, with the rapper’s team keen to land the ‘Home Alone’ star.<\/p>\n

He told Entertainment Tonight: “They went out to Macaulay Culkin<\/a> first. I think that they wanted him, and he wasn\u2019t available, or didn\u2019t want to do it or whatever.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen Dre [who directed], who had just seen ‘Final Destination’ and was a fan, suggested [me].\u201d<\/p>\n

From there, the team were able to get in touch, and he ended up landing the memorable role.<\/p>\n

\nHe recalled: “There happened to be somebody in the casting office that knew somebody who was friends with me, and they called me that way\u2026 and it ended up working out pretty good.<\/p>\n

\n“It’s also one of the proudest things I’ve been a part of.”<\/p>\n

\nThe video came out almost 25 years ago, and Devon can still remember the lyrics, which take the form of letters written by Stan to the famous rapper.<\/p>\n

\nHe said: “If it came on in my car or something like that, I would jam along to it. I’ll tell you one thing, I know it better now than I did that day. Because I’ve heard it millions of times since.”<\/p>\n

\nHe even wanted to recreated his iconic look – which saw him with short blonde hair in a white tank top – for his role on horror series ‘Chucky’, but it wasn’t meant to be.<\/p>\n

\nDevon admitted: “They bleached my hair for [Stan]. I pitched it on Chucky and [show creator] Don Mancini shut it down.”<\/p>\n

\nAt the time of the music vode, Macaulay hadn’t appeared on screen in six years, having starred in the likes of ‘Getting Even With Dad, ‘Richie Rich’ and an episode of ‘Fraser’ in 1994.<\/p>\n

\nHis next roles wouldn’t come until 2003, when he played Michael Alig in ‘Party Monster’, and Jason Towne in an episode of ‘Will and Grace’.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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